WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising religious intolerance threatens the unity of Myanmar, a senior U.S. official said Friday, as the former pariah state prepares for landmark Nov. 8 elections. Top diplomat for ...

Karen State, Myanmar – A young fighter looks out from the upper floor in a concrete skeleton of a church that villagers have been building for two years in this small pocket of southeast Myanmar. The ...

On December 29, elections will begin in Myanmar – the Burmese call them sham elections —which will be held until January 11, ...

As the protests and violence in Myanmar drag on, opponents of the country's military coup have now announced that they're forming a National Unity Government. It will include ousted members of ...

Observers are slowly coming around to the realization that the once mighty Myanmar military, or Sit-tat, can be beaten by the forces opposing Myanmar’s military coup of 2021. The junta’s governance ...

NAPYITAW — Myanmar's ruling general said on March 27 that the junta was holding power only temporarily with the aim of strengthening democracy. He called for unity among the people and military to ...

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — Pope Francis insisted Tuesday that Myanmar’s future depends on respecting the rights of each ethnic group, an indirect show of support for Rohingya Muslims who have been subject ...

May 5 (Reuters) - Myanmar's National Unity Government (NUG), set up by opponents of army rule, said on Wednesday it had formed a "people's defence force" to protect its supporters from military ...

Pope Francis, delivering a closely watched speech in Myanmar, called on the Southeast Asian country to respect all religious groups. But as some had feared and others had hoped, the pontiff failed to ...